"Just because I want to follow my father's last wishes, does your mother have to destroy the Bei family? A woman's reputation and innocence are so important, don't you know?"
Emperor Yongxi looked at the empress dowager, who didn't think she was wrong at all, and his face was gloomy and angry.
The Queen Mother was even angrier than him, and said angrily:
"Just because of this, you want to blame me, the Queen Mother? Isn't it good enough that I chose Lin Puyu for her? Otherwise, how could she give birth to twins? She and Lin Puyu should be grateful to me."
Emperor Yongxi looked at the empress dowager in disbelief.
There are no absolutely good or bad people in the harem. People often do whatever it takes to gain favor, power and status for their offspring.
There is no one in the harem who is truly innocent and simple.
If there really is one, she won't live long in the harem.
Unless someone protects this innocence.
But after being in the harem for a long time, it is difficult to maintain this innocence and simplicity.
People will always change.
Emperor Yongxi was able to secure his position as crown prince and successfully succeed to the throne, bypassing all his brothers. Naturally, he was not a naive person.
Since he was a child, he has been fighting with his older brothers. He has countered all the frame-ups and plots made by the concubines of the previous emperor and his older brothers, and has even taken the initiative to harm them and fight back.
His path to the throne was also bloody.
But Bei is different. She is not a member of the harem and is the most innocent.
Just because he wanted to be appointed as the queen, he was plotted against by his own mother.
"One is my beloved future queen, and the other is my study partner. My mother is truly a good mother to me."
Emperor Yongxi was filled with disappointment. The love between mother and son that had lasted for more than 20 years had now completely disappeared.
"Come here, take Madam Gong away for me."
The Empress Dowager's expression was a little unnatural at first, but when she heard that Emperor Yongxi wanted to take Nanny Gong away, she immediately became unhappy.
"I'll see who dares."
The Queen Mother shouted angrily, blocking the way in front of Emperor Yongxi, "Even if you are the emperor, I am still your mother. You have no control over this Cining Palace."
The mother and son confronted each other, neither giving in.
Nanny Gong was so frightened that her face turned pale and her hands and feet were cold.
Ji Kang became anxious and asked someone to quickly invite the queen.
"The Queen has arrived!"
"I greet the Emperor and pay my respects to the Queen Mother."
Bei Lingyao came in a hurry, and it was not appropriate to break up with the Queen Mother at this time.
As soon as she entered the palace, she was opposed by the ministers. At this time, Emperor Yongxi confronted the empress dowager for her.
No matter what the reason was, others would only think that it was because of her that the Emperor, the Empress Dowager and their son fell out.
By then, she will be labeled as the Queen of Demons.
"Why are you here?"
Emperor Yongxi glared at Ji Kang with a fierce look.
Then he turned to the Queen Mother and said, "I am the Emperor of Huang Cangyue Kingdom. How can I watch my mother make mistakes again and again? However, considering the long-standing mother-son relationship, I will not care about the Cining Palace, but my harem has nothing to do with my mother. Let's go."
Emperor Yongxi pulled Bei Lingyao away, and the tough empress dowager slumped in her chair.
"Empress Dowager"
Nanny Gong said worriedly.
Bang!
The Queen Mother slapped Madam Gong in the face and said, "You were so careless that you caused discord between me and my son. You deserve to die."
Although she saved Nanny Gong, she still bore a deep resentment in her heart.
If it weren’t for the fact that Nanny Gong had followed her for so long, she would have known so much about her.
She is also her most caring and capable right-hand man, and the Queen Mother really doesn't want to keep her.
"Please forgive me, Your Majesty, I deserve death."
Nanny Gong quickly knelt down and apologized.
The Queen Mother closed her eyes and waved her hand, saying, "Go away. I don't want to see you for the time being."
Nanny Gong had no choice but to retreat.
Another Madam Lu came forward and said, "Your Majesty the Queen Mother, let me massage your temples."
The Queen Mother pursed her lips and nodded. She looked at Nanny Lu. Unlike Nanny Gong, Nanny Lu was recommended to her by the Prime Minister's wife.
She once served the late emperor's adoptive mother, Concubine Noble.
Nanny Lu is indeed very capable, but she was recommended by the Prime Minister's wife, so the Empress Dowager naturally doesn't trust her as much as Nanny Gong.
"What do you think of what just happened?"
The Queen Mother asked.
Nanny Lu paused as she rubbed her temple. "Mother and son don't hold grudges overnight. The Queen Mother was right to protect Nanny Gong. Otherwise, if she fell into the hands of the Emperor, who knows what she would have revealed."
The empress dowager nodded slightly. Although she was the emperor's biological mother, she naturally did not want the emperor to know about some of her shameful practices.
Nanny Gong can't stay any longer.
Emperor Yongxi and Bei Lingyao returned to Fengyi Palace, but he was not as angry as Bei Lingyao had imagined.
"Your Majesty is no longer angry?"
Emperor Yongxi shook his head lightly, "Don't be angry. I have seen through the Queen Mother's character over the years. I was the one who let you down in the beginning."
This time, Emperor Yongxi's questioning of the Empress Dowager was just a test.
"Your Majesty has not wronged me."
Bei Lingyao poured a cup of tea for Emperor Yongxi. She originally wanted to wait for Princess Fu'an to investigate the emperor's background so that she could lend a helping hand.
Bei Lingyao was surprised that Emperor Yongxi had found out about it.
Emperor Yongxi could not intervene in this matter. Even if the empress dowager was not his biological mother, she was his legal mother and adoptive mother.
But Princess Fu'an can do it, after all, Princess Fu'an is the adopted daughter of Empress Yuan and has a grudge against the Empress Dowager.
"My Queen Mother will not keep Madam Gong any longer. I must arrange for someone to rescue her."
After finishing a cup of tea, Emperor Yongxi said to Ji Kang:
"Ji Kang, go tell Nanny Leng to rescue Nanny Gong."
"I obey your command."
Ji Kang leaves.
Emperor Yongxi told Bei Lingyao about his life story.
He held Bei Lingyao's hand and smiled bitterly, "I never thought that the Queen Mother was not my biological mother."
Bei Lingyao looked at him, slightly surprised. "No? I heard my sister say that the Emperor bears some resemblance to the late Emperor. I was also puzzled as to why the Emperor doesn't resemble the Empress Dowager at all, or even someone from the Jiang family."
"But I am not like Concubine Rong."
If it was someone like Concubine Rong, even if the empress dowager didn't react, someone in the palace would have noticed it.
It shouldn't look like Rong Kai, otherwise the late emperor and the court officials would have been able to see it.
Emperor Yongxi did not completely trust what Nanny Leng said.
He has already sent people to pick up the Rong family and bring them to Beijing, and he also wants to see what the Rong family is like.
After sitting in Fengyi Palace for a while, Emperor Yongxi returned to Taiji Palace.
Then he did something and posthumously conferred titles on the concubines of the previous emperor.
The late emperor's concubine Rong Jieyu was posthumously named Imperial Noble Consort Dowager and given the posthumous title of Chunquequè.
Concubine Li was promoted to Concubine Li Gui.
Emperor Yongxi conferred the titles of Imperial Noble Consort and three Noble Consorts at once.
Some of the previous emperor's concubines were also promoted.
In the Cining Palace, the Empress Dowager was furious.
She didn't expect Emperor Yongxi's counterattack to come here.
Forget about others, but why was Concubine Li promoted to Noble Concubine?
And Rong Jieyu was a concubine who was banished to the cold palace by the previous emperor for plotting to murder the royal heir. Why was she posthumously conferred the title of Imperial Noble Consort?
The Queen Mother came to the imperial study angrily.
Some ministers came over quickly and also felt that Concubine Rong should not be posthumously conferred the title of Imperial Noble Concubine.
Emperor Yongxi glanced at the ministers and looked at the empress dowager, "I have investigated and Concubine Rong is innocent."
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